Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality

Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities. There is not much development or progress reported in this newly merged municipality.

Ray Nkonyeni
Local municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUgu
SeatPort Shepstone
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNomusa Mqwebu (ANC)
Area
 • Total1,487 km2 (574 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total308,675
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN216

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 68,38767,021135,40866.3272047
Democratic Alliance 20,08220,07540,15719.79514
Inkatha Freedom Party 7,8507,43115,2817.5055
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,3803,3356,7153.3022
African Independent Congress 7973,2164,0132.0022
Independent 1,359–1,3590.70–0
Freedom Front Plus 6237291,3520.7011
Total 102,478101,807204,285100.0363571
Spoilt votes 1,9372,1714,108
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References
  1. "Political Management: Mayor". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Ezinqoleni, Hibiscus Coast.
  3. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. "Seat Calculation Detail: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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